Russell Martin Decision Day
by meercatjohn on Dec 2, 2010 8:41 AM PST
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The one time apple of our eye is now in danger of being an ex-Dodger. Sometime today we will know if he remains with us or not. Russell Martin ended the year hurt, so the Dodgers are in a tough position. If healthy will he be productive enough to warrant the salary he might command in arbitration? Are there better alternatives for less money? Can that money be spent elsewhere in the lineup? Is he even healthy?If healthy now, can he remain healthy? Did the 2nd half surge of AJ Ellis turn the Dodger eyes? Bill James projects that Ellis could have an wOBA of .322 compared to Martins .337. Is that difference worth 4 Million?
Other possible options if the Dodgers part ways with Martin:
Jason Varitek , AJ Pierzynski, Rod Barajas, Gregg Zaun, Miguel Olivo with possibly more being available after today's arbitration deadline.
I'm of the opinion we came this far with these guys, I want one more year with them, so I'm inclined to offer arbitration to both Martin and Loney. I'd rather not offer Martin a lower two year deal, I want him hungry this summer. Martin has been my biggest disappointment because he created such expectations for me. For me he was everything I wanted in a baseball player.
Patience, power, speed, defense, and fun to watch. Nows he's simply patient and everything else seems to be gone, however I'm a firm believer that once you display a skill you own that skill, so Martin can bounce back, and I'd like to see him be given the chance one more time in Dodger blue. What about you?
FWIIW Eric is projecting the Martin arbitration figure at $4.5 Million. Eric is usually close on these estimates.
Update: To be clear, Eric feels that Martin would make $6 Million in arbitration, his 4.5 Million is what he expects Martin to sign for if he signs a contract before the deadline. Sorry for the confusion.
Options:
1. Non-Tender Martin making him a free agent eligible to negotiate with any team.
2. Tender Martin then hope to come to an agreement between now and his arbitration date. He would remain a Dodger in 2011.
3. Come to an agreement today before they have to make the tender/non tender decision.
4. Trade Martin like they just traded Theriot
I'm going to put up a poll, what do you expect them to do?
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I really want Martin back
Once more into the fray, as they say.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I'm aware how horrible a use
of that phrase that was.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Especially since it's not "once more into the fray"
It’s “once more unto the breach…”
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/henryV/11/
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
I knew that
once upon a time
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
>> Eric is projecting the Martin arbitration figure at $4.5 Million
I thought it’s really rare for arbitration to lower a player’s salary… no? (His was $5,050,000 this past season.)
I believe if they offer and he accepts, they can offer a minimum salary 20% lower than what he made last year.
The monkey is out of the bottle.
FWIW
80% of $5,050,000 is $4,040,000. So, the $.5 would be somewhere in between what they could offer and his last salary. No matter how he came across his last salary (arbitration or agreement), that is used as the starting point for arbitration.
The monkey is out of the bottle.
I believe the 5.05 mil
was not an arbitration number, but a contract they offered to avoid arb, which might affect the process?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I projected that because I don’t think Martin is getting tendered, but will re-sign.. If he gets tendered Martin can easily get $6 million.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 9:00 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Sorry for the misrepresentation
I’ve updated the story to include your $6 Million arbitration number as opposed to the $4.5 contract you think he’ll sign if they do something before the deadline.
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I would like them
to keep Martin one year, but I have a feeling they will non – tender him because of the other catching options available, and the uncertainty of his health. I expect the Dodgers are trying to sign him right now to a lower contract, Martin has to decide if he is non – tendered can he do better then the Dodger offer on the free market. I expect he will think he can and turn down the Dodger overtures for a contract, thus the Dodgers will non – tender him, thus we will not see Martin in 2011.
I hope I’m wrong.
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Keep Martin
I am dissapointed with Martin the last 2 seasons but I really enjoyed him the first 2 seasons. I hope he can turn things around. I would keep him 1 more year and if he continues to struggle or show no signs of improvement he will have spent his last days in blue.
I might feel different if we had a up and coming prospect or Barajas was the answer. I just don’t see anybody who sticks out in that position.
I’ve really wanted to see this young core develop into a team that could compete for a world series for a long time. They did that in 08 and 09. Hopefully last year was just an off year.
Loney
I’m better with tendering him. Maybe the second half was an aberration. Martin has been in decline a while. If Sands gets hot in AA/AAA,and Loney continues to be non-productive trade him in June and promote Sands.
I think the uncertainty is too much and they non-tender him.
I also loved what Martin used to be able to do but it seems like he has tried different offseason approaches to get that back and he hasn’t been able to. At this point I am ready to at least give part of the catching responsibilities to Ellis.
If it were up to me
I would just tender Martin if they can’t work out a deal, because I don’t like the alternatives.
It seems weird to say “sure, Juan Uribe is worth $7 million a year,” and then turn around and say, sorry Russ.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 9:08 AM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Good point on the money
but if we get the Martin of 2010, I don’t see any of the alternatives being worse then that, and they all would come substantially cheaper then the $6 you think he’d earn in arbitration. Also Uribe was not coming off a season ending injury so the question of health remains large.
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I hope he's non-tendered and signs with the Rockies for $4.5mil
Solves backup catcher and perhaps even reserve 3B issues
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 2, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
If there’s one thing Jim Tracy is good at, it’s putting catchers at all sorts of bizarre places on the diamond.
What is up with the Berkman talk
can you explain how anyone thinks he can play the outfield at Coors? Or that he’s even better then what you have?
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
Renck's recent tweet:
Understand, Rockies are prepared to sacrifice some defense for offense to enhance the lineup.
Beyond Tulo and Cargo, the next best wOBA’s on the team were 5th OF Ryan Spilborghs, Melvin Mora and Jason Giambi. There is a feeling that the offense really needs something added.
I don’t agree with it. Berkman would be Hawpe in the OF and a poor platoon partner for Helton (horrible RH swing)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 2, 2010 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
That would be the main point
Rox need a backup for Helton, who won’t start more than 110 games
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 2, 2010 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Then I'd love for you to use
the bad side of Berkman in that role.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
This is why I, and most of PR, don't like the idea too much
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 2, 2010 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
I don't know if I'd be comfortable
putting him on the hot corner for anything other than an extreme emergency. Plus, isn’t $4.5 mil a lot to pay for a backup C after a season-ending injury?
I should also add
I love and think the world of Russell, and I want to see him in Dodger blue for at least one more year: just calling it as I see it.
Depends on how he returns from the injury
He’d also act as insurance for Iannetta if he disappoints again, and a 2.0 WAR catcher in 400 PA is probably worth that if he’s healthy
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 2, 2010 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
Not really
But I AM scared of McKenry being the only backup
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 2, 2010 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
Sure but 400 PA is not a back up catcher
that is a starting catcher since the other catcher would have much less at bats.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
Even without the injury, I’m pretty confident the Martin of old was never going to come back. But a catcher with a .350 obp is still pretty valuable, so I’d bring him back. But the injury puts him in somewhat uncharted waters, so I’m not sure. Clearly a tough decision for Ned. I would tender him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they think there are better FA options.
Agreed still valuable, but I’m pretty sure there are better FA options out there at a cheaper price.
George Lazenby is James Bond!
by Bobblehead Addict on Dec 2, 2010 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly what I'm thinking
I don’t see too many enticing FA catchers out there, though the idea of getting Varitek to share time with Martin is appealing to me. Don’t know if they want to spend that much though. Martin knows the staff, I think he can come back and be a pretty good catcher next year. A Martin/Ellis platoon (assuming they can’t bring Rod back as a backup) isn’t too bad.
But If they don’t tender him, but still want to bring him back as a free agent it would of course be because of doubts about his health, wanting to see more in a month, which I would understand.
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Should do a story on this
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/12/01/shulman-hershiser-valentine-give-espns-sunday-night-baseball/
has me excited to watch Sunday Night baseball for the first time in a long time. I’ve heard Valentine on the radio broadcasts and I like him. I’m sure the more I hear him the more tired we will get of him, but in the beginning this is exciting.
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ESPN sucking their own dicks
Sometimes, the challenge in this industry is to give fans what they want before they know what they want
Are you kidding me? People have wanted Morgan fired for years.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
a significantly large number of people
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Ha Ha
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there may
have been a site about it…..
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
I still don’t know that I want ESPN First Take. When does enlightenment come?
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
ESPN is good at that
self-promotion. I think it’s telling that a lot of “talent” has left over the years, probably because that place is so bunker-like and Disneyfied.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Hah, I just saw Theriot's quote after he was traded to St Louis
if you missed it, “I feel like i’m finally on the right side of the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry.”
That’ll go down well at Wrigley Field. He probably meant, he’s finally with the team that wins more often, but still.
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Also
seems like the Cardinals are planning on making him their starting SS not 2nd baseman.
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Ah, so he also meant right side of the infield?
;-)
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So what are they doing with Brendan Ryan?
Im mean, he’s terrible, but would be a good backup/Utility guy.
I thought he was a wizard with the glove
but the metrics don’t back that up. Still SS position is so bad offensively these days that he was only as bad as many others.
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So it must have been the fielding bible
that did not show him in right light or article I read was simply full of shit.
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Supposedly trying to move him.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
Theriot is also whining that he doesn’t want to be a bench player.
It’s fine to think that but to say it in the media gets on my last nerve. Good riddance.
I thought liquid
was the opposite of solid, not skip. Skip is the opposite of “run like Refrigerator Perry.”
And does he have a hot wife and hot sister? I think not!
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he said, I can’t help the team if I am not playing everyday. Which of course he could help any team by them not having to play him everyday
The lousy players never seem to understand that
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FWIW
I think they offer Russ a short-term contract with incentives, he signs it, and then Ned signs Barajas as insurance. The loyalty to Loney points to this. If the alternatives are Pierzynski or Varitek, geez, might as well find out what Piazza will take too.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 9:34 AM PST reply actions
I think they make the offer
the question is if Martin signs it or not. I don’t think he will.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
Per yesterday’s post, I see the Pads non-tendered Hairston. If that’s old news, I’ll duck under my desk.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
(rubber bands flying……..)
"Man that ball got outta here in a hurry. I mean anything travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don't you think?"
Dang, there are a lot of cobwebs down here, and …OWWW!!!
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
watch your head LBB
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
What’s this? “James Loney’s Missing Power….”
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
mind bringing that up with you?
we’ve been looking for it :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
It was not an official tweet from the Padres
so I did not post it. I saw it on MLBTR but the tweet was only from “follow the padres” which would be like me tweeting something before it became official.
But it does sound like both Gwynn and Hairston will be non – tendered. As Reg said you could go with a defensive 1st outfield against RHP with Gywnn in CF, and then an offensive outfield with Hairston in CF against LHP if one was to desire to use the ex – Padres in CF.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
So what is the Padres OF now?
Maybin, Denorfia and WhoAmIForgetting?
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Ludwick
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
and that Kyle Blanks guy
if he’s healthy and they haven’t traded A-gon
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Also don't they still have Venerable?
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They also traded for Cameron Maybin
He will start in CF
Yah I listed him above in my initial Q, but man, didn't remember
how many other guys they have. Not sure how many of them are any good, mind you, but the starting 3 could be pretty decent at least.
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Do you mean "The Human Air Conditioner"?
Strikes out about 1/3 of the time
"Man that ball got outta here in a hurry. I mean anything travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don't you think?"
And the rookie dude
who missed most of the year to injury – Kyle Blanks
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They were
but he sucked like Paul before he got hurt.
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I heard in 09
they were figuring him to be the 1B after A-gon was traded
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
you should have said IDon'tKnow
THIRD BASE!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
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Interesting
This is the cue which says there was a deletion. Like in DT when a number was missing in a sequence.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Gotta get up early in the morning to get one over on Michael White….
What color shirt do you want?
White, Red, Grey
I suppose i could ask you the same question with the same options (and blue I suppose)
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Is mintxcore somewhere
making Martin Decision day Cinnamon rolls?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
he’s subbing today!
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
That was a good picture
but I think the Ladies brought out the best in him
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
should have gone for the killshot
“unemployed”
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
This is tough, but I would have offered him a figure like Eric said of $4.5m and stick with it. If he says no then find some other option. The thought that we could be paying Martin and Loney $10 million next year combined is a little depressing.
A healthy Russ at least has value behind the plate.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it was more fun when the
combo was less then a Million and they both kicked ass.
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I think they’ll have a break out year, they may combo up for 14 home runs. 9 of those being Loney’s.
George Lazenby is James Bond!
by Bobblehead Addict on Dec 2, 2010 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
I really think if we have a year that has Loney with 500+ PA’s and Martin has 400+ PA’s
They will hit over 30HR’s between them.
/ducks
Optimists
we has them
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe that is where I'm mis reading the value of Gordon
with the post steriod/greenie toll being taken offensively by shortstops, you don’t have to have much of an offensive game to be a plus player these days.
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Regression offensively at one position as a whole seems fine with me.
Makes scouting and drafting easier.
2nd to thus the 7 Million for Uribe
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SS was my thought. Along with Phil’s post.
Seems like there are a few more light hitting, slick fielding SS playing now vs 10 years ago when that position turned into your #3 or #5/6 hitter
*cough* steroids? *cough*
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
He still has to prove he can do it with the glove
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I don’t think he has any kids, so I’m asuming he is still good with the glove.
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by Bobblehead Addict on Dec 2, 2010 9:53 AM PST reply actions
I remember
when I thought Russell was going to be our next great catcher…athleticism, speed, 15-20 HR power, Canadian moxie…he and McCann looked to be the standard bearers for the NL for a long time, so it’s a pity it has come to this…but I would keep him one more year and hope that he is motivated to capture some of the old flame. I think they’ll work out a deal cos I think he wants to stay in LA.
Barajas and Ellis couldn’t throw out my grandmother last year, and she’s been dead for 15 years. Anybody know who are the best defensive options on the FA market…Olivo, Laird (though he can’t hit)?
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
A movie for Ryan Theriot is on TCM right now
(the joys of working at home). Some obscure 1930s thing called Death on the Diamond about a murder among the St Louis Cards.
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KOTBLAN?
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by Pure Azure on Dec 2, 2010 10:10 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hahaha
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
took me a mnute but I laughed too
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I'm very curious what KC
is going to do with Betemit
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Stuff movies are made of
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101202/ap_en_mo/us_hollywood_publicist_killed
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I haven’t seen Humma comment today. Hmmm….
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
This whole story is just shocking to me. I mean, Ronni was sweet and kind — a bit nutty — I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that she died this way. I simply cannot believe that she was mixed up in anything… I mean, Ronni!…. She is just about the last person…
I knew who she was, of course — she was big in our little corner of the industry — but we weren’t friends. But everyone has a Ronni Chasen story. She was well liked. I can’t find the words.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Oxymoron
“great episode of Law and Order LA”
But it is indeed perfect for the show, which only adds to how disturbing the whole event is.
This is interesting.
If Martin had played for another organization, like Kansas City for example, would you seek him out for a $4.5 Million contract today, given his performance over the past two years and his recent injury?
The answer to that question, for me, is maybe.
I don’t deny that emotions play a role here, but I also have to say that for all the bitching about Martin’s poor play, we finally saw what a bad catcher looks like when he got hurt.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
Barajas played good for the month he was here, but he’s likely to not do that well again.
Ellis is interesting. He got hot after seeing pitching for a while. I’d like for us to try Martin and Ellis again.
I think there will be a deal. Martin has a lot to prove and the Dodgers’ alternatives are not attractive. That is a recipe for let’s make a deal.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Barajas does throw a nice screwball towards 2B
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I am excited to see what happens to Martin
This is one of the rare times where I am not sure what I would do if I were the GM – the arguments raging inside my head right now are legendary. I wish I would just all get along
Say, Joe! Whaddaya know!
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
so how was
the vaudeville show?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, exactly
In this case, there is almost nothing Ned can do where I won’t be able to see it from that perspective…but I can never count him out completely! :)
I think they will non-tender him
but I hope they will not. There is one thing that did return for Martin last year, and that was his throwing arm. I still hold out hope for the other stuff. Besides, everyone else who had their first real shot in ‘06 seems to be getting another shot next season, and I don’t see why Martin shouldn’t either. Ok, I see why, but I still think the reward outweighs the risk. And don’t forget the intangibles- he still has a way of irrationally pissing off Giant fans!
i voted for deal before the deadline
I wouldn’t mind a platoon with and Veritek. Obviously if Martin comes back, he’s not gonna play as many games.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 10:35 AM PST reply actions
Is that obvious? I think it’s probable, maybe even likely — but we have seen the “Russell Martin will play fewer games” story before.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
yeah
but now he’s coming off a big injury. That’s why I kicked it up a notch to Obvious.
BAM!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
I think if we had a former catcher as our manager he would be more simpathetic to the demands of the position.
Oh, wait…
The monkey is out of the bottle.
Right
among the many surprises of Torre was him running Martin in to the ground.
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To be fair
Kemp had the 5th most starts in the OF in all of MLB from 2008-2010, Torre’s tenure with the Dodgers.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
He was always benched after he sucked for a while
why was that a problem?
Oh, because Loney was never benched?
Why, we will never know
Or it could be because Belliard was the option
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Because in the grand scheme of things, those benchings were very rare.
I was angry at the time as well, but my panties are now unbunched.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
that is to say
You wouldn’t mind a platoon with the 2010 Veritek. But he’s at the age now where his performance could drop to that Main-Caller-Topic-Of-The-Night-On-Dodger-Talk level.
well
they’re gonna bitch about something. :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
For Meercat
The Toy Cannon looks back
Thanks Jon
I still crack up that he came up as a SS. That photo shows how that was possible.
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Eh, their consistent at least. If they’d gone England/Qatar I’d cry foul. Might have to consider going to Brazil for the world cup in four years.
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
I didn’t represent news, I presented a reaction
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Isn’t it more there’s a shit load of money in Qatar and the greater Qatar area?
by regfairfield on Dec 2, 2010 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I'd just like to know how to pronounce the name of that country.
I had always thought it was kuh-TAR, and I said it that way for years.
Then I heard reporters on NPR calling it “Cutter,” and I’m like, OK.
Now I hear kuh-TAR again.
Help me.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
ˈkätär; kəˈtär
the problem with NPR is that it’s composed of white folks who think all black people should wear Dashiki’s and really embrace their cultlure
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Dots and upside down e’s? What language are you speaking?!?!
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
And here I thought the problem with NPR was that it was filled with hipster know-it-alls who talk about how fascinating ordinary people are.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Perhaps the biggest problem with NPR, for me, is that everything else is worse.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I thought NPR was all Hitler-y
Or was I misinformed? ;-)
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you’ve been watching Fox news again, haven’t you? I warned you about that : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
hah hah
I can’t stomach more then 5 seconds of it but read those stories about Ailes losing his mind. Got a mighty chortle out the ludicrousness and hypocrisy of it all.
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What sucks even more
is that Rock Band 3 has a Qatar (that is cool), but it is $80. Eff that.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
As someone who makes poorly thought out purchases, it’s worth every penny.
by regfairfield on Dec 2, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I say this fully knowing I will purchase it.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
It seems a terrible decision
they are pretty repressive culture politically, and as someone else pointed out here, it is SUMMERTIME IN QATAR! I mean what the hell is FIFA thinking? Well, I know what they’re thinking, but screw ’em.
Russia might be interesting world cup though.
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Repression -- they has it
Depression, too.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
True story:
I’m walking down the street in Moscow. Dude comes up to me and says, “Are you American? Are you American?” I nod. He shouts, “You ruined our country!” and runs off.
I woulda liked to have talked to the guy. There are a lot of countries that I could say, yeah, I see that. And maybe I could be convinced that Russia is one of those — I woulda liked to hear what he had to say.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Of course, I think they did a pretty good job of ruining their own country over the years
imho, and hey I’m 1/4 Russian so I’m allowed to dis ’em.
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Well, that’s what I think, too. But maybe they see it differently.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
The Russian media probably had a different spin on the Cold War than the Americans.
by regfairfield on Dec 2, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
gotta keep the totalitarian perspective …
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t doubt that. But since the Americans’ was, basically, about the “evil empire,” I’m not sure ours is a high horse here.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
I agree. Get told America is evil your whole life, you probably blame America when the country collapses.
by regfairfield on Dec 2, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
um
to say nothing of our foreign policy over the last 40 years…yeah…we totally haven’t screwed anything up, shouldn’t be blamed for…anything…
/ducks
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
I’m just trying not to start an America fight.
by regfairfield on Dec 2, 2010 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Can’t fight America because YOU WILL LOSE.
by regfairfield on Dec 2, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
my Russian born, Ireland living roommate in Berkeley last year told me she was hesitant to come to America for her year abroad, cause she was always told about how horrible America was
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
i have to laugh
in this one comic I read from Japan, a girl tells her friends how she wants to visit America after High School, to which all her friends say that she is gonna get shot. It’s to humorous affect.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
They probably make a big deal
when a tourist is shot here and it is has happened so it is not like they are making stuff up, but just like Fox they probably have no perspective.
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I think it's because
Citizens are allowed here to own Guns, where in Japan, they are not.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
This is the only first world country where you can own guns (at least for the most part). That’s why our violence is a joke around the world.
exactly
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Canada is not a first world country
must be news to them, and their gun violence is nothing like ours.
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just leagalize the drugs
take the money out of it
maybe they’ll go back to knives, chains and baseball bats?
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
When was the first drug
declared illegal in the US?
Seems like a 20th centrury thing.
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boom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_drug_prohibition
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1914: The first recorded instance of the United States enacting a ban on the domestic distribution of drugs is the Harrison Narcotic Act3 of 1914. This act was presented and passed as a method of regulating the production and distribution of opiate-containing substances under the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, but a section of the act was later interpreted by law enforcement officials for the purpose of prosecuting doctors who prescribe opiates to addicts.
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as I understand it, this law came after cocaine was already being used for toothaches and heroin was prescribed as a painkiller. When the regulation came about, it sort of just blanketed everything
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
I present just the facts
1906:The Pure Food and Drug Act requires that certain specified drugs, including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, morphine, and cannabis, be accurately labeled with contents and dosage. Previously many drugs had been sold as patent medicines with secret ingredients or misleading labels. Cocaine, heroin, cannabis, and other such drugs continued to be legally available without prescription as long as they were labeled. It is estimated that sale of patent medicines containing opiates decreased by 33% after labeling was mandated.1
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hurray war on drugs!
hurray war on drugs!
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February 22 1980, Lake Placid
the Day America destroyed the USSR. :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You don’t know how lucky you are boy
Back in the USSR …
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I'm wondering
if maybe he equates America with Captialism and equates that with what ruined his country.
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Right here in River City.
Trouble with a capital “T”
And that rhymes with “P” and that stands for pool!
"Man that ball got outta here in a hurry. I mean anything travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don't you think?"
Vin Scully loves The Music Man
you need not be ashamed.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
The Lion King
was awesome
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I love a lot of musicals, and I especially love The Music Man, but Winthrop Paroo is the single most annoying character in the history of muiscal theater.
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But I do love The Music Man.
I hope, and I pray, for Hester to win just one more A
The sadder-but-wiser girl for me!
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Monorail!
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what’s that word?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
say it again!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Monorail!
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
Mono--
D’OH!!
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He left River City the library building
But he left all the books to her!
Chaucer!
Rabelais!
Balzac!
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but he doesn’t know his territory?
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
neo-liberalist economic policy is the problem
and it knows no national allegiance
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Been There, Been Depressed
Only place more depressing than Russia in the eighties was Bulgaria in the eighties. Must remember to thank my former boss for the joy of visiting both counties after I got divorced.
It's more corrupt than repressive though, get it straight! ;-)
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If I get a Blake Griffin jersey during the holidays, would that be considered bandwagon-ish (since I’ve never really followed the Clippers in the past)?
He's a rookie
Still in the ground floor stage IMO
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Who cares? Get the Jersey, Griffin is the real deal.
by Julio Nievas on Dec 2, 2010 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
I think a Blake Griffin
Lakers jersey would be fun
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 2, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Ya, it’s been a while since the Lakers have had a star. You guys are due.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Since the Clippers marketing strategy seems to be
is to sit and wait til people jump on their bandwagon, I’d say it’s fitting
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
Spoken from someone who
knows nothing about the Clippers and has shown that ignorance from the day she showed up. It would be like me trying to say something about Galaxy marketing strategy.
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yeah pretty much, you’ve gotta consider the source Michael
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
I believe Donald Sterling made a full page ad with terrible graphic design sense about this.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
You are welcome to join
That goes for all of you out there.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Not everyone
for those who simply ignored them I have no problem, for those you used them for their jokes for 20 years I say forgettaboutit.
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I had season tickets for one year
and have a Clippers t-shirt and hat.
Can I hop on the Griffin appreciation train?
As a Laker “fan” who has felt his enthusiasm for the team gradually diminish (as they win multiple championships, weird of me, I know) I find myself more and more interested in the Clips. I don’t think I can be a fan of a Sterling run enterprise, but Gordon and Griffin make them almost a much watch for me.
Your a Dodger fan
where championships haven’t happened in 22 years, how is that a criteria for being a fan?
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I have no idea how your reaction relates to my devils advocating
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
The SBNation clipper blog writer joked the other day that the Clippers are everybody’s favorite team to watch play. They are exciting and young and high energy, but they end up losing to your team in the end.
I’m hoping that last part changes of course.
Just to throw out some trends, Clips have now won 3 of their last 5 and have a roadtip coming up where they can win 2 of the first 3. Of the Clippers wins, 2 came agains tthe team which had the best record in the NBA (San Antonio and New Orleans) and another is OKC. As they get healthy, they can certainly start playing .500 basketball.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
The SBNation clipper blog writer joked the other day that the Clippers are everybody’s favorite team to watch play. They are exciting and young and high energy, but they end up losing to your team in the end.
Never thought of it that way.
Anyway next Wednesday the Lakers play the Clips, should be fun for first time since Sammy left us assuming Blake is not hurt before then.
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As a fan of the Lakers and Dodgers, seeing the Dodgers struggle makes me appreciate what the Lakers have done over the past decade. You have to enjoy the championships while you can. Who knows what will happen in the future.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
Martin holds no cards today
Martin is overvalued at anything beyond $4mil given the catchers still on the market and the deal Torrealba signed in Texas(2yrs/$6.25mil).
Sign a contract or non-tender him and negotiate later.
What has Ned to lose?
John Buck signed for $18 million over three years.
All it takes is one team.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Ending up with Rod Barajas if Russ takes off.
by regfairfield on Dec 2, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
How did you capitalize that N in takiNg? I presume it was an accident?
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
I agree with this
I would offer the $4+ million and tell him take it or leave it. We always have Hector Gimenez FTW!
Oh jeez...
all the more reason to not risk losing him ;-)
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Old News my friend
For Meercat
The Toy Cannon looks back
http://es.pn/gIBICh
by JonWeisman on Dec 2, 2010 10:43 AM PST reply actions
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Oh My God
Build a Bear has talking Rudolph plushes from the claymation Rudolph special. It’s voice responsive, so if you say “you’re cute” he says the line “I’m cute! She thinks I’m cute!”
I just recorded that for my five year old. I’m not sure if I’ll show it to him. It has Burl Ives and is classic claymation, but it also has a kinda scary Yeti. Thoughts?
he's 5
watch it with him and he’ll be fine.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
yeah I remember being that age when I first watched it. Watching it with his dad, he’ll try and big a big brave boy I recon
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t advise, but as long as we’re on the subject, I’m wondering if I should show Toy Story 3 to Spawn. She likes the first two. The plot of the third is very complicated — that’s OK, I can explain it — but there’s a lot of peril in it, too. Not sure how she’d handle the creepy Big Baby, the creepy monkey, the inferno at the garbage dump…
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I know you think we know everything about the Kavula family
but some of his actually have no idea of the age of Spawn.
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She just recently turned three.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Make it Yogi’s First Christmas, and you have a deal.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
i had the tape
of that.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
are you gonna go see the live action Yogi? Dan Ackroid is Yogi!
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
The last good thing Dan Akroyd was in was We Are The World.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t believe he has an actual audible part, but he is in the back of the crowd, a part of the “chorus” if you will.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Aykroyd is spelled Aykroyd.
Y before K which comes after A.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
People here constantly mix up there and their. Probably on purpose. I don’t think anyone here gives a shit about how to spell Aykroyd.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
I’d post a picture of a rat’s ass, but my search engine is blocking it as NSFW.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
I'm just coming up with creative ways to express my annoyance at the constant their/there mix-ups here
I generally approve of attempting to spell things correctly. Since a rat’s ass probably is NSFW, I’ll post a picture of something that must evoke similar emotions for you.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
You know what sucks?
I totally had Cheez-Its in my car last Friday night and forgot to bring them inside to karaoke night.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
thank the good lord….and the bad one too
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Aww
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
If you’re gonna eat something with that much fat, eat real cheese. That’s what I do.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
anyone see the Colbert Cheese head
he got Tuesday Night from the SOA
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I try to throw you a bone and you still get on the high horse?
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
Yep -- and I give you the high hat!
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I have a sad.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
I'm out of my league on this one
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At the very least, these movies are intended to be family movies. I think the emphasis is on family, these aren’t movies to sit your kid in front of the TV with, but to watch together. Be prepared to give a big humma hug if she does get scared but, kids get scared
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
FTW
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
Well, yeah, but here’s another side to it:
She doesn’t know about death yet and, frankly, she doesn’t need to know yet. She likes — loves! — Finding Nemo, but we start it five minutes in…. AFTER the mother and all the eggs die. There’s just no reason to introduce her to that topic through a movie.
That’s why the movie is rated PG. We think of PG movies as being fairly harmless, and they are, but three years old is still very young.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
empathise?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
hammertime
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
nope, you’re completely butchering what I meant. I want to say that I emphasize my understanding, having held a different position before
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
sorry
i thought you meant you were showing empathy.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
funny
you don’t look like a ginger
(kidding my red haired friends)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
You're a cat?!
(ducks)
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
SPOILER
That makes a lot of sense.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
Note to self
Cancel gift of “Old Yeller” for Spawn of Humma this year.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
or Beaches
not because of death, but because it’s fucking terrible :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Strangely, Spawn’s favorite movie is “The Exorcist.” I don’t get kids sometimes.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
wow
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
I am guessing I deadpanned this joke a little too much.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I figured you where joking
which was why I didn’t take the Tommy aproach
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
i've known kids like that
far be it from me not to take Humma at his word :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
might
want to check off Bambi too.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
y’know, I don’t remember being taught about death. I must’ve been really young.
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
you didn't
play guns or swords with your brothers?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
your stalker powers are fading, I only have one brother
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
my powers are all talk
did he not at some point in your tomfoolery, “kill” you?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I remember being told of my Grandpa's death
(He died when I was two)
and I kept asking who murdered him, because I didn’t know of another way to die.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
It was my grandpa’s fault for putting his head in the fireplace to look up the chimney when he heard that noise from the roof.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Your funny
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
My three year old niece knows what a “pagina” and a penis is.
by Julio Nievas on Dec 2, 2010 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Actually I can add to this
when William was three his parents would not let him watch Monsters saying it was to scary. I kept at them and eventually we watched it together. With kids once they like something they watch it every day. It became his favorite movie and I think he watched it everyday for the rest of his life.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
Hey, we skip that part too every Saturday morning
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 2, 2010 12:30 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
LOLDisney
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
If your five year old cannot handle
Rudolf, then……….
To me that is exactly the show you want to watch with your five year old. Then when you give them broken presents for Xmas you can tell them Santa dropped the misfit island just for them.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
this shouldn't be funny
but it is.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I used The Island of Misfit toys in a paper recently, it was a good paper
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
As someone with no kids (but 13 nieces and nephews) I think 5 is plenty old enough to watch Rudolph.
Sure Santa is a downright dick and there are probably racial overtones, but it’s still a classic and generally not scary. I probably first saw it at 3, and look how I tu…never mind that last part.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I never miss it
maybe my favorite christmas show ever.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
I watched it last year
for probably the first time in 15 years, and it was awesome. I forgot a lot of stuff (like Santa being a dick, for instance), but it was great. I then got the DVD with some other classics for Christmas last year. Love them.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Watched it with Mrs the other night
Santa being a dick surprises me just about everytime.
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 2, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Simple enough
anyone under 10 who did not like Rudolf and the lessons learned should be able to become 11.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
what a fail "NOT"
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
That is Santa is a dick
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
Got it.
while we’re at it, I’ve never liked the extended World War Ace part of “Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.” Always felt it ground the highly entertaining proceedings to a halt. Favorite line from that is one of the young trick-or-treaters saying, “I don’t want to be part of a rumble!”
Best Charlie Brown special is the animated version of the musical show You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of Rudolph
I literally just received an email from a dude with the last name of Ives.
That’s a sign.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t give two shits about basketball, or college football either. Or soccer. So at least I can skim all those comments. My basketball rooting interest is I’d rather see a team from LA win, and well since the Lakers are the only one with a chance I go with them.
That’s why Z is the best thing ever.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
I would have deglazed the shit out of that.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
My favorite Southpark ever
Sleep mode hurt me
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 2, 2010 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
I think it was two weeks ago, the Food Network / Shake Weight one.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Creme Fraiche!
I have been asking for an “Old Fashioned” on a daily basis since we watched the show.
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 2, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Old Fashioned's
are the best. But it’s hard to find a bar that does them right. but the last one I ordered was at a steakhouse in Vegas. They muddled it in front of me, used good bourbon. It was sublime. As was the next one.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
having just gone and watched the episode in question, this is the funniest thing I"ve ever read
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Does seem like a good low risk deal
though I have to crack up at Giants fans on MLBTR (most of their comments are about how awesome everything is, can’t blame them since they just came off the WS, but they’re almost always like that).
gornie
full season of burrell, call me crazy but i want 25-35 dingers in 2011, and a ton of walks. and i really think there’s a good chance i’ll get what i want in this case.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Reached for comment, Repko said, “Yeah, I don’t know why I’m not out of baseball, either, but the Twins have money to burn and I have a lighter.”
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Repko also added
and Mauer and me play far away from each other, so i can’t hurt him
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Also
Oh yeah, sorry about that whole Morneau concussion thing.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Jason Repko anagrams to “an OPS joker.”
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Do the Twins really have nobody in their system who can put up a wOBA of .304 ?
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
The Twins and I have been unable to agree to terms.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
That exact quote has been said by IVdown on many, many weekends.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
for some reason this sentence reads as pornographic to me
by Josie Becker on Dec 2, 2010 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently Brad Penny is on twitter
@BradPenny
Let the hilarity begin
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
@BradPenny: What’s this, I thought you said do you want a twinkie?
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Not a fan of Dancing With The Stars
but Brad went from Child Star/Syndication Siren actress, to Teen Actress/TV and Movies actress, to reality show dancer.
All dark-haired beauties, he finally got engaged to Ukranian born dancer
Maybe not all that revelatory but...
RT @jonmorosi: How are the #Dodgers spending so much money, in the middle of the divorce trial? Answer here: http://bit.ly/bsPqGk #LA #MLB
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
A limerick in response.
We fans are left to infer
Just who makes these charges incur.
Yeah, who makes this bed?
’Zit Frank or ’zit Ned?
Colletti just says, “I defer.”
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 2, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Haha nice
They’re putting together a team on the Layaway Plan. Though maybe that’s what went wrong with the McCourts. {ohnohedidnt]
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I heard about the Ralph Lawler stuck in traffic thing
and just figured he would be late to last night’s game. What I didn’t know is that he lives in La Quinta (near Palm Springs), and that the traffic jam was well over 6 hours! Craziness.
I would kill myself
my god that would be a fucking nightmare
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
A few years ago I thought I saw Ralph driving around Pasadena, so I always assumed that’s where he lived.
No Ralph was brutal. I wish they could have pulled in the radio guy to do the game.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I interviewed him 10 years ago
then he was living in Laguna Niguel, so I guess he moved…or he has more than one place. Nice guy though.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
New blog post from Josh Rawitch
at Dodgers.com:
It’s decision day on a few Dodger players, most notably Russell Martin, and Ned Colletti just told Jim Hill in an interview that this is one of the toughest decisions he’s had to face since he came to the Dodgers. We’ll know by 9 p.m. PT tonight at the latest what that decision is and hopefully that will provide a little more clarity on the catching situation.
Probably just speculation on my part, but that to me sounds like Russ is getting non-tendered.
Also, a nice anecdote about Ned and the Bison having a phone conversation and are now besties.
i wonder
when that interview will be on
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
meant more like
specific time.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
I would guess on both the KCAL news and CBS news, and probably again on Sports Central this weekend.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I promised I wouldn't cry...
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Weird to be
contemplating the end of the Russell Martin Era. Fuck
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
In fairness, it is a tough decision. That’s a lot of money for an guy who may not be able to come back. I’m trying not to read more into it.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Yah and there's still a chance they re sign him anyway, no?
Of course now anyone will be able to sign him. Sigh.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
do you think the 9pm time
means they’re trying to work a trade? Or is that just the deadline anyway?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Ned and Matt are having a bromance now?
What next, sending each other T-shirts? :)
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
I’d consider sending you a shirt too!
I’m gonna get Michael one because of his hatred for the SEC.
so he needs a shirt representing the Conference.
:)
If i had a dollar for every Dew i drank from that cup. I hope OBC has just one more game left in him to coach em up.
Im so sick of the whole thing, I almost wish Auburn would lose so Oregon could hang 70 on TCU in the NC game.
It would send us to a shittier bowl though….
Oregon will hang 70 on Auburn too. They just might give up 85.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
If Auburn and Oregon both loses
who would face TCU?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
It would be crazy.
Probably Auburn. Stanford is capped because they lost to Oregon. So really, you’d probably have either Oregon or Auburn play anyway. Depends the circumstances of the loss.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
It depends
on where the writers end up ranking them I would think. Stanford was my first thought, which would be hilariously bad, since they lost to Oregon.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I could make the argument. I think Wisconsin sucks, Stanford didn’t win their conference (then again neither would have Auburn) and South Carolina is better than Oregon State.
Of course, Oregon will have won their conference and lose a rivalry game to volatile team on the road (as opposed to Auburn losing at a neutral site.)
I love Cracker Barrel.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure there are any in southern California.
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
Restaurant. I used to travel for work a lot in the southeast.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
if you are not in the championship, as a fan it really does not matter what bowl, as long as they go to one. IMO
I think a BCS bowl is pretty sweet. Sellout the superdome against Ohio State, or the Motor City Bowl?
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Boise St went from the Rose Bowl to the Humanitarian Bowl or the Feed the Hunger Bowl. I’d be pissed
It’s between the Kraft (San Francsico) and Las Vegas Bowl against Utah.
/I’m not humorless, just giving out info
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
the Kraft bowl is officially called the Kraft Feed the Hunger Bowl. Didn’t know about the Vegas bowl
No kidding. Who’s the other team in that?
I know both Nevada and Boise are lobbying hard to play in the Kraft bowl as opposed to playing Utah in vegas.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Vegas playing Utah would be okay for them.
Does the Kraft bowl have an ACC tie in?
It seems like FSU was out there a couple of years ago
Both Boise and Nevada fans are NOT interested in the Vegas bowl.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Except that enough Pac-10 won’t be bowl eligible, so it might be Boston College in the game.
That’s what I just read anyway.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Yep
Pac-10 now has 3 teams bowl eligible, and will likely only add one if Washington beats WSU.
Of course, two will be in the BCS so only the #2 & #3 bowls will be utilized. If OSU beats Oregon, the conference can get 5 bids.
didn't they have
Razorback hats or something with tusks when they had Todd Day and those 40 mins of Hell guys? I somehow remember Bill Clinton wearing one, or maybe that was Hillary.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
the last time Ned made a tough decision
it was bye bye Dewitt, so…
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
That wasn't tough
Dewitt doesn’t have veteran grit like Russ does.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Bobby Jenks is a good baseball name
I am a connoisseur of baseball names
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 2, 2010 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
How could there be just one?
try writing your favorite one great name and you will end up writing for an hour. I won’t fall into that trap
though Boog Powell, Rollie Fingers, Vida Blue, Rusty Staub, 3 fingers brown, Catfish Hunter…see?
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 2, 2010 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Van Lingle Mungo.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
So is Dick Pound, he works for the IOC. I remember his wife was arrested during the Atlanta games.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Homer Bailey?
/ducks
"Man that ball got outta here in a hurry. I mean anything travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don't you think?"
We won't be getting Varitek
both Gammons and Heyman say back to BOS. Gammons:
Jason Varitek close to returning to Boston for $2m plus $300,000 in incentives
would Jason's feelings be hurt
if I said YES!
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 2, 2010 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
going for the Martin/Varitek irony there :)
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Loney, Martin, and a pitching prospect for Fielder and hope that Sands is ready in 2012?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
that sounds ok to me
but i don’t think the brewers would do it. my guess is that they’ll want a major league tested pitcher for fielder
that's probably true
honestly though, I think if they don’t trade him this winter, they’ll probably just let him walk in FA. I don’t think they’ll get a better package then right now.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Don't know about that
some team desperate for a bat could give up a lot midway through the season. It happens all the time.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Kotchman doesn't count as a lot
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I love how I go to Yahoo Sports' main page
and the first thing I see in big print at the top of the screen says “Trending: Janice Dickinson”
>.>
I've got a Janice Dickinson story
I’ll have to tell one of these days. Don’t have the time now.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
quite different
though I wouldn’t be surprised if she can blow smoke rings
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
thursday night football is awesome!
no wait, whats the opposite of awesome?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
But your team is playing in the National Spotlight!
How could you not like this?
It’s the reason AJ didn’t get suspended.
Shit, that reminded me to set my picks for the weekly pool.
Thanks.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Me reminding you just reminded me
thanks
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
We still have 1 week left in the regular season, and I’ve already been eliminated. Not my best showing.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
you be fucked
better hope Foster has a big game to keep them off the field.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Well if it makes you feel better
Cushing looked fantastic last week, and GQ seems to be bouncing back, and Sharpton has thus far really helped out by replacing diles at WLB. K Jax might even be improving. Also, Mario Williams = beastmode.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Just pray to Pollard
he has a tendency to hurt people
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I don't have the NFL Network
but I wasn’t going to watch tonight anyway. My eyes will be focused on Cleveland this evening.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
I'ma watch that
I seriously hope no one does anything stupid. Use your words people….
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Ya
Until Miami goes up 30 points in the first half.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Heh
I’m prepared for both outcomes. Either way, should be a fun show.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Given the way both teams are playing right now
I would lay that.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Nah. Way too many points for an NFL game.
If anything, you just sit it out.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Super Nasty Charger Defense riding the hype of the nationally tv viewed destruction of Manning?
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
a Stanford Routt. Just like the Fiesta Bowl.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 2, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
What is the appropriate spelling for “route” in this context?
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Silverwidow
The opening 5 minutes of the radio show I listen to here in Arkansas had the host and his favorite in studio guest ripping one of the producers for eating a McRib.
It was swesoke
You know what? I don’t blame him.
During the period I was pimping the McRib on this board, they just started to get bad and boring. So yeah, done with them.
Had a Jack in the Box steak melt
yesterday. Now I usually loath Jack in the Box, but that sandwich was pretty tasty.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
I know
next thing, I’ll be watching Dancing with the stars.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
I could have sworn Arkansas
would be part of real America. I guess I was wrong.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
That show has to be the worst piece of propoganda......
I’ve ever seen. Thinly veiled political speech, with heart string tugs about “what America stands for” every five minutes.
"Man that ball got outta here in a hurry. I mean anything travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don't you think?"
Nothing veiled about it
No doubt about where she stands
Agree or disagree she isn’t vauge
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but it's advertised as a travelogue!
"Man that ball got outta here in a hurry. I mean anything travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don't you think?"
Well, she’s not sitting at home and is she paying to do this or is she getting paid?
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
swesoke?!
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
swesoke, so hot right now
swesoke
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
at some point
we’re going to be typing sqedijw
and everyone is going to be HAHAHAHA SO TRUE
and new people are going to be like, “What?”
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
That would be so sqedijw!
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
Oh, I like it, Keith. I like it.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
I liked Steve Dilbeck's blog post on Martin
at the LA Times, especially the closing lines:
Martin’s declining production at the plate and behind it, have made it easy for some to want him gone, but this might be a be-careful-what-you-wish-for scenario.
Productive, reliable catchers are hard to come by, and he’s still young enough to take a reasonable chance on. And defining reasonable is what they’re working on.
"What they're working on"
meaning they’re still working on something? Maybe there’s still hope after all!
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I think both sides will work on a deal all day until they either come to a deal or run out of time/patience.
I do think a deal ends up getting done.
If Dilbeck is right, they’re just settling on figures and incentives.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Bias reeks throughout everything he writes.
He’s not real journalist (like Dylan H) and I doubt he even has inside sources.
ha ha
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All I’m saying is that there is, in my opinion, a delineation between what he does (editorials) and what Dylan does (actual news reporting).
Sure
Dylan is a beat writer for the Dodgers with all the access, Dilbeck is a blogger so they have different jobs. Saying Dilbeck is not a reporter is like saying I’m not a model even though I’ve never claimed to be a model.
Unless of course unbeknowest to me, Dilbeck is claiming to be a reporter.
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I enjoy Dilbeck, he’s like Gurnick with a personality.
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sure he was not happy when
Dilbert became popular as were people with the bosses hairstyle. BTW if I let my hair grow I can so emulate the bosses hair style. I’ve also heard I’m as ignorant as he is.
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hee hee
I was distributed to 10,000 homes this last weekend. Not one person used the coupon. They have decided to use Erin next time.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
But isn't that what Silverwidow is saying?
That he doesn’t consider Dilbeck as a reporter. No big deal.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
keithc13
I keep going back and forth on the Cam Newton thing, here’s what the NCAA should have done (totally unfair and unprecedented but a deterrent), the Saturday night, the 19th, announce that they are ruling Newton ineligible for the next 3 games and vacate all of Auburn’s wins.
Thus, you are able to set up LSU vs. Arkansas as the game to determine the SEC West title, Boise State or TCU would probably be No. 2 heading into last week’s games and Alabama could still have a shot at a BCS game.
That would have been unbelievably bold.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
but really to decide this week, what are you going do, I mean if you rule him ineligible for the next two games, you might as well vacate the other 12 games but then you have this conference championship game that Auburn would be in without their star player.
I just seems like they waited until this week to announce their decision since there was no alternative but to let Auburn go forward with him.
I think there is no way of determining guilt on Cam Newtons part. I’m sure he knew what was going on, but not sure if it can be proven.
I’m not sure if his Dad was ever paid anything. The accusations now are that he was pimping his kid to play, but the issue now as I understand it is that no one can find his Dad getting anything. I haven’t followed it closely enough though. LBB would be our resident expert on this. Im sure he doesn’t get to talk about it enough!
There is no way they would’ve ruled him ineligible and then find out he is innocent..
Even soliciting a “pay for play” payment is against the rules which the NCAA has found he’s guilty of. They don’t need to prove the transaction happened, what they’ve already proven is plenty.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
That’s why everybody was stunned yesterday. They ruled him guilty, but didn’t punish him. It’s rather shocking.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
That’s kind of vague.
I assume you mean that suspending Newton would be against the NCAAs self interest, which is something I expected to be brought up. Is this really true though? People watch this shit anyway. I don’t really feel like Newton has star appeal (like Reggie Bush or Tebow did.) Some other team would be in the title game is all.
People like to say how Newton is worth so much money for Auburn, just look at their attendance! Except, Auburn pretty much sells out every game anyway.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
BH identifies the situation better than I did above.
The NCAA is inconsistent if nothing else.
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Roger Goodel
doesn’t understand the problem
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
With Millions of dollars at stake in the playoff games, he just lets the Zebras fix things for him.
Holding!
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
87,000 every game.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
I can't think of a situation that came out during the season
like this. No. 1 or 2 team, best player in college football (calm down Andrew Luck fans), allegations of father soliciting payments to go to another school (a school where the kid by all accounts wanted to go to anyway) but then they turn to a higher profile team in the same conference (as a “business” decision).
I also think it is not impossible to think that the father could not have worked out a deal to get paid down the road, especially after Cam gets drafted and gets a signing bonus, no one will be watching as much and you could probably do something then.
Who knows.
it looks like a fish
it smells like a fish
so …
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
True BLUE LA
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
shhh
just let it happen
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
i need an adult!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 2, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
about 3-4 weeks ago on Rome
Jim asked him why he picked AUB over MSU. Without hesitation he called it a “Business move” rome brought up that part of the interview after the scandal broke and it was interesting to hear that after.
Cam who?
What I know: the NCAA said yesterday it has no evidence that money ever changed hands, in Auburn or Starkville. Dad had a former MSU player/agent call a MSU booster to talk money. Dad didn’t want Cam at MSU (not a good platform for the NFL—bad for “business”). There was no deal, and the MSU athletic department called the NCAA as soon as they heard (they were already under investigation for paying a basketball player). No coaches involved, a la USC. The agent says he never spoke to Auburn. The key thing seems to be the assumption that Cam didn’t know until after the fact. Possible? I don’t know, but if the kid really got cash to come here, you think he could do better than his Vespa to get around town. Fair? Seems like a dangerous loophole to me. Then again, I was thinking about some things my dad pulled while I was in college—I didn’t know at the time, was sorry to find out later.
Bottom line, fun scenarios aside, he’s playing Saturday.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
I suppose South Carolina could win
and see if Auburn falls far down enough in the human polls to push TCU into the title game.
USC-E nearly won in Jordan-Hare, so it’s entirely possible that they win Saturday night. Auburn’s secondary is surprisingly bad for a number 1 team.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
How much will be required to sign him?
Thinking Olmedo who can still run around a little.
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
depends on what his sister looks like
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
by Pure Azure on Dec 2, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Heyman
says White Sox are close to a Dunn deal. (bad pun intended.)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
Because we haven't talked enough soccer today
The Qatar national football team is the national team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. They have never reached the FIFA World Cup finals
your 2022 host, never qualified for the WC
2022Round 1: Australia 1, Japan 3, South Korea 4, Qatar 11, USA 3 (Australia eliminated).
Round 2: Japan 2, South Korea 5, Qatar 10, USA 5 (Japan eliminated).
Round 3: South Korea 5, Qatar 11, USA 6 (South Korea eliminated).
Round 4: Qatar 14, USA 8 (Qatar wins).
2018 Round 1: England 2, Netherlands/Belgium 4, Spain/Portugal 7, Russia 9 (England eliminated).
Round 2: Netherlands/Belgium 2, Spain/Portugal 7, Russia 13 (Russia wins).
Interesting
Qatar started with 11 votes, what a joke. This was more rigged than the BCS.
Either you buy into the notion that the FIFA sees the WC as humanitarian aid and is on a mission to bring football to the whole world (like the crusaders)
Or Qatar bribed the judges with oil
anyway the dislike of the US played into this?
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
hahahahahahahaahaha
hahahahahahahahahahaha
wait, that was a joke, right?
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
who knows
I was just asking a question to see if “dislike of United States” was as plausible to this group as “They were totally paid off with oil”
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
That’s why this is so frustrating. Qatar makes no sense at all. I guess it makes more sense than Korea (since they just hosted) but really, this was a horrible decision.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
because we’re the US and we deserve the right to host the cup?
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
but in all seriousness, Oceania hasn’t hosted a cup either, though the big issue there is that it has to be played during the European offseason which is Australian winter
i was more
trolling Mike with his bit about how he responds when people say “it’s absurd, we should have X, Y, Z playing for us” :)
but it’s nice to learn things
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
Right. I assume the climates are similar enough.
I’m sure it’s more enjoyable being in Australia in the winter as opposed to the Arabian Peninsula in the summer.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
So much can change between now and then.
Won’t your kids be in high school?
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously
I am surprised they weren’t more worried about this from a security standpoint. Who knows what could be going on with the stability of that region in 12 years.
Also, isn’t Russia and Qatar the same continent (Asia)? I thought there was a rule about back to back world cups not being on the same continent? Or are they considering Russia to be part of Europe?
well
you only have to look at 2014 WC for that. You see what is going on in Brazil the last 2 weeks?
For FIFA purposes, Russia is Europe. Europe covers all of the Caucasus, Turkey and Israel (for a different reason though.)
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Because of all the reasons outlined above in this thread.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
It doesn’t have to be the oil money thing. It could just be that collusion with Spain/Portugal, right?
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Well, when the US had been selected, there was a chance they wouldn’t have qualified in like 40 years (of course they ended up qualifying in 90.)
And give them a break, Asia is a notoriously tough region to qualify from :)
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Qatar is weaksauce, but at least they are going to somehow show the world how to air condition entire outdoor stadiums.
It’s not as major as rooting for US to draw South Africa last year.
Asian teams aren’t nearly as strong as the non South Africa African teams.
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not pissed off about this decision. But I am annoyed.
Is Sepp as inept as Budd?
I don’t understand this decision at all, given everything we know about the region, not just politically but with regard to the climate and the small population, as someone pointed out earlier.
I can’t help but suspect that Sepp did this as a means of cementing some sort of legacy: The Man That Brought the World Cup to All Corners of the World. Nevermind the possiblity of corruption.
Julain Assange, where are you when we need you the most?!
I think Julian has bigger fish to fry
and is doing a damn good job at it!
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
FWIW Qatar has the fastest growing economy in the world, so they’ll at least be able to make things look pretty.
yes
my only hope is that the $$$ that will come from this will be able to get to the poor who don’t live in the obnoxiously lavish cities built to entertain Western business men.
/rant
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
oh you mean you want Qatar to grow in a pattern dissimilar to all of its neighboring countries including China?
that's the dream
that’s the dream
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
Yes, but then what of it afterward?
Because that worked so well for Greece post-Olympics.
that’s the one thing I don’t understand about WC as humanitarian aid. It feels so much like the Peace Corp building freeways to nowhere in South America
I could get behind such a decision if the goal was to promote soccer. But, even then, I don’t think holding the WC in a nation like Qatar is a good idea.
Arkansas could use some help
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the WC is soft power
used by the developed nations in the EU and elsewhere to foster goodwill and the FIFA values of openness, fair play, etc., but that shouldn’t be confused with rendering justice. It is a vehicle to make money for investors first and foremost, and much like the Olympics and IOC, they don’t much care about the long-term benefits to the host society or social parity, democracy, etc.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
All of the FA catching options look like garbage. Rod Barajas has no concept of on base percentage and AJ Ellis isn’t aware you can hit the ball over the fence and its okay. Put them together and we get a platoon full of tears.
Fuck the Rangers in 2010 < never coming down.
It’s easy to trace the tracks of my tears …
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Yikes
Dunn, White Sox closing in on four-year $56MM deal, the LA Times reports.
No way were the Dodgers getting in on that action, or just about any other team…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Maybe, if they go on the deferment plan again ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
So long Konerko?
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 2, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
Konerko and Dunn back to back,
now we’re talkin’ ’bout a real AL lineup.
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Even tho I dont wanna see Loney go, I would do that real quick.
Fuck the Rangers in 2010 < never coming down.
I would too but...
Hrm, now Konerko’s available. But… nah.
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The Shaw deal seems like 20 years ago
I’m always surprised Konerko’s still playing.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
Heyman, Rosenthal, Stark, Olney, MLBTR, Tim Brown, all the Dodger bloggers
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
You’ll have guys tweeting some opinion but will leave out a “I think” due to 140 characters and it will get picked up as news by like 50 others, and spread like wildfire.
IIRC that happened to Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse last year.
They never ever use us
I think long ago Andrew dissed them here and since they act like we don’t exist.
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Months ago they used a article from here but everytime I visit that site I’m half expecting my computer to catch on fire.
Fuck the Rangers in 2010 < never coming down.
Unlike the other writers here
I do check it out. They just report the rumors don’t understand why they get such crap. I don’t read the comments, TBLA takes care of that quota.
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I don’t read MLBTR but mostly because I follow most of the main baseball sources they use anyway. They are what they are, an aggregater of news that occasionally breaks their own shit (like the Elias Type As and Bs, even though the list wasn’t complete; no Padilla, for instance).
Right
easier for me to read them then follow 997 writers.
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That was the first site I ever used in regards to baseball rumors
I used to be old school and read magazines and newspapers. But I can see how people don’t use that site, its basically an attack site now and if you don’t have ad blockers and shit like that on your browser, youre gonna pay.
Fuck the Rangers in 2010 < never coming down.
That part I understand
he’s doing everything he can to make some money but for a price.
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You going again?
Where is it this year? Vegas?
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Has it ever been in LA?
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I remember that
but I meant LA. With the new Ritz / Marriot next to the convention center and LA Live I wonder if they could pull it off.
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No not this year
its in Orlando (Lake Buena Vista) so all the baseball folks, and media can bring their families.
Happy Thrusday to you all.....
I am anxiously awaiting to see what they do with Martin. What’s the latest Scoop?
How is that working out?
How is that working out? Was the grass greener?
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Explain?
Is Paul a bad sort?
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Is any sports writer in Los Angeles
over 45 worth reading? They all seem to have been cut from the same cloth as I sweep my broad brush over the whole spectrum.
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Wow, that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while
by Michael White on Dec 2, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Felt bad this morning so I called in sick
And I slept from 8 AM (was up at 7:50 from going to bed last night) till about 2 PM. I still feel like crap.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
is this facebook?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 2, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
you were crowing about how many members you have
this is what you get
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
It must be or he'd
nailed me by now with my movember shit yesterday. Don’t take this wrong Ivdown but the best thing you have done for this site is bring in your iiidown.
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this
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
So who’s going to sign Sherrill? I can’t imagine he’d get more than 1 mil with some performance incentives.
Let Frisco have him. Then we can say we traded Uribe for hinm
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
Who’s Detroit’s Logy now?
Sherrill could Loogy Dunn.
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 2, 2010 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Why can't they agree on 4.5 with incentives
Given the catcher market and as per an earlier comment. It seems the easy and best deal for both parties is 4.5 with incentives or even perhaps a two year deal with incentives but at a lower base.
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/12/2/1851685/loney-be-tender-with-my-love
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I want Martin back.
I still am holding out hope he can somewhat return to form if his workload comes down. And we can afford to reduce his workload now that Barajas is back so they can split time instead of Martin catching 150 games.
I think they complement each other well since Barajas provides the power and Martin has good OBP skills and runs well for a catcher. Martin is better defensively but both are pretty solid at throwing out base runners.
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